LeetCode 1718. Construct the Lexicographically Largest Valid Sequence

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1718. Construct the Lexicographically Largest Valid Sequence

Problem Statement

link: LeetCode.cn LeetCode Given an integer n, find a sequence that satisfies all of the following:

The integer 1 occurs once in the sequence. Each integer between 2 and n occurs twice in the sequence. For every integer i between 2 and n, the distance between the two occurrences of i is exactly i. The distance between two numbers on the sequence, a[i] and a[j], is the absolute difference of their indices, |j - i|.

Return the lexicographically largest sequence. It is guaranteed that under the given constraints, there is always a solution.

A sequence a is lexicographically larger than a sequence b (of the same length) if in the first position where a and b differ, sequence a has a number greater than the corresponding number in b. For example, [0,1,9,0] is lexicographically larger than [0,1,5,6] because the first position they differ is at the third number, and 9 is greater than 5.

Example:

Input: n = 3 Output: [3,1,2,3,2]

Input: n = 5 Output: [5,3,1,4,3,5,2,4,2]

Constraints: 1 <= n <= 20

Solution Approach

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